Bound for Washington DC

Garland Edgell has once again located a group picture, this one from a senior class trip (or perhaps a DGHS trip) to Washington DC in the spring of 1957. I must admit I have absolutely no memory of this trip, and I wonder if I knew about it at the time, for I most certainly would have been an eager participant.



1. Donna McKay
2. Shirley Matuzas (Thanx to Carole Johnson Lehmann)
3. Gail Slansky
4. Mr. Corr
5. Charles Austin
6. Tom McMillan (he was a junior, class of '58)
7. Bob Pechinski
8. Garland Edgell
9. Rosemary Baker (Again, thanx to Carole)
10. MaryAnn Lola
11. Betty Cline

Garland had the following to say about the trip:

"The Washington trip wasn't exclusively for Seniors I guess because there were some non-seniors on it. It was done on spring break 1957.

Mr. Corr was one of two faculty - the other was a woman. There were only the four boys and a bunch of girls. I think the girls were really disappointed in that.

The group saw the capital, toured the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, etc. We then took a ship from Baltimore down to Newport News, VA and toured Williamsburg. We ended up in Annapolis on Easter Sunday and attended church there with the midshipmen. I really liked the museum at the Naval Academy.

We took the train both ways and got little sleep. But we were young then.

There were a lot more on the trip than what were shown on my photograph. All girls. So at that dinner, there were probably at least two other tables I think. Wonder if anyone has any of the others."

If any of you have pictures or more info about this trip, let me know; I feel like I really missed out.

Class of '57 Parents

After questioning earlier about living parents of class of '57 members, how wonderful it was to learn that several are still with us: Lynne Rutherford Ramsey's dad, age 91, is living in Westmont; we think Chuck Austin's mom, age 91, is still enjoying life in Oak Brook and Palm Desert; altho we don't know her age or where she resides, we understand Larry Woodcock is fortunate to still have his mom; Roger Compton's mom, age 95, still lives at home, tho has a live-in helper (thanx to the Rondeaus for this info). Anybody else we should know about?

Another Senior Chemistry Class And More of the Same??

Garland Edgell recently came across these pictures ---- the picture above is another senior chemistry class, and the one below is a group of students on the high school steps, seemingly another of the chemistry class. It's beginning to look like Mr. Holt's hobby was photography.

John's Doing Great!

An e-mail from Ann Spencer on March 21 gave us the good news that John's surgery went without a hitch. In fact, Ann said John told her he had no pain; and less than 24 hours after the back fusion, John was walking the hallways of the hospital. Keep John in your thoughts and prayers for a short and successful recovery --- he's had a tough road to travel in an effort to solve his back problems; hopefully, this time it's a success!!

This and That

Haven't written in a while so....

John Spencer is again having back surgery. Seems like his surgeon is using him for target practice or something, since this will be his third operation in about 6 months, all in an effort to correct John's lumbar problems. Please keep John in your thoughts and prayers, especially next Wednesday, March 19, that this operation is successful in freeing John from pain, and that everything goes without a hitch.

I recently received word of the passing of Jim Kay's mom, Catherine, on January 25; she was 97 years old. Isn't that incredible?! Got me wondering if any of the other class of '57 parents are still alive. If you have any info about this, please let me know; contact John, Norma, Wayne or me via e-mail, so we can pass the word along to others.

Along those lines, if there is anything you'd like to see in this "blog-letter" (for lack of a better description), please let us know. We're flying blind as far as format, content, whatever, so we can use all the help you're willing to offer. Let us hear from you, because this blog-letter belongs to all of us.

Lastly, again, please remember John Spencer in your thoughts and prayers, that his back may be cured once and for all, that he comes thru this 3rd operation with flying colors, and that he's back to normal in no time at all.